The Westminster Inclusion and Diversity Festival is an annual event organised by the University of Westminster’s Student Enterprise Centre to showcase, inspire and advocate for diversity and inclusion in industry and entrepreneurship.
Delivered through a series of online events, this year the event's aim is to inspire, inform and empower a diverse talent pipeline by highlighting the career paths paved by successful and diverse industry leaders and entrepreneurs.
The event will also offer two practical workshop sessions to equip you with the vision, confidence, and tools to define, prepare and work towards your goals. Westminster Inclusive Enterprise Festival.
Overview of Events
Monday 8 March, 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Are you embarking on a career in STEM and want to start your week feeling inspired and energised? Do you have burning questions on how to make your ambitious goals a reality?
Join Maxim Cramer and some of the top Tech and STEM experts in celebrating successful and diverse careers in STEM. If you are entering the STEM workplace or considering a future in Tech, this free lunchtime panel is for you. We dig into the unseen challenges, common hurdles, and ultimately, the courage, conviction, and community you will need to make your career a success.
Monday 8 March, 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Sick of setting goals that never work out? Discover how to manifest your career goals this year in this creative, fun, and informative workshop that introduces you to the benefits of vision boarding, before taking you through the process itself. So, join in and create your vision board live, or simply sit back and learn to do it in your own time, the choice is yours!
Monday 8 March, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Join a panel of alumnae business leaders from different industries on International Women’s Day as they share how they discovered and carved out their career and entrepreneurial paths, with the goal of inspiring and offering tools of success for women in business. The speakers will discuss how they started, took ownership of their careers and developed confidence as female leaders in business, and they will provide practical tools, advice and useful resources.
Tuesday 9 March, 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Struggling to update your CV? Do you dread bigging yourself up and celebrating your achievements?
Founder and author of 'F*ck Being Humble', Stefanie Sword-Williams has got everything you need to hype yourself up for your next application. In this CV and cover note writing workshop, we will dive into the best tactics and tips to make sure you stand out for all the right reasons. Writing your CV can be tricky at the best of times, so we'll help guide you on how to showcase your unique skills, most relevant work experience, and how to make sure the viewer reading truly understands why you're worth investing in. Plus we'll give you guidance on how to prep for interviews virtually and in-person so you can confidently own the room.
Tuesday 9 March, 12:00 - 2:00 pm
LGBTQ+ creatives talking about life at work during the pandemic, discussing: Whether digital working has enabled better accessibility, the value of wellbeing at work, and how creatives can create opportunities even when usual careers seem tumultuous and the industry is going through major changes.
Tuesday 9 March, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Join us for the Westminster's Entrepreneurship Pioneer Programme Demo Day, where you will hear from University of Westminster student founders pitch and present their business ideas.
As the final event of this year's Westminster Inclusive Enterprise Festival - a selection of founders from the Westminster Entrepreneurship Pioneers programme will pitch and present business concepts developed over the course of the programme; providing an opportunity to showcase their innovation, solution-based thinking and passion for entrepreneurship.
A Demo Day is a startup industry term for a showcase, presentation or demonstration of the businesses participating in an accelerator or incubator programme. It involves the founders of the business/startups pitching their businesses to an audience, typically investors – in the hope to secure investment. Students will be pitching for funding awarded from a £5,000 funding pot gifted by Claranet Limited.
